Type-card for printing machines



Aug, 11, 1931. a. VAN DUSEN 1,313,830

TYPE CARD FOR PRINTING MACHINES Filed, Sept. 1. 1930 I N ENTOR 2 V VATTORNEY? Mir/visa Patented Aug. 11, 1931 v UNITED STATES GEORGE VANDUSEN, OF SYRACUSE, NEW

PATENT i OFFICE YORK, ASSIGNOR TO GAYLORD BROTHERS,

INCORPORATED, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK TYPE-CARDFOR PRINTING MACHINES Application filed September This invention relatesto a type-card f the class set forth inthe pending application of L. W.Moulton, Serial No. 394,530,, filed September 28, 1929, and is adaptedto be used in printing machines similar to those set forth in thepending applications of L. W. Moulton, Serial No. 394,531, filedSeptember 28, 1929, and Serial No. 511,816,

filed January 28, 1931 for receiving and making impressions or recordsused in public circulating libraries and other places where books andother articles are loaned to patrons for limited periods of time.

In this particular instance at least two cards are used for each patron,one of said cards, commonly known as the identification card, beingprovided with negative identification type adapted to be impressed uponthe other card, which in turn, known as the librarian or record card, isadapted not only to receive impressions of the dates of loan and returnof the borrowed articles but also the impressions. from the type of theidentification card opposite the dates of loan and return. v

These two cards are placed in the printing machine in such manner and insuch relation that the identification impressions will be madesimultaneously with and in opposed relation to the date impressions uponthe librarians record card.-

That is, the record card for each borrower, with the identificationnumber thereon, is retained bythe librarian while the other card bearingthe type-plate with the identification number thereon, is retained bythe borrower so that when the borrower wishes to obtain or return any Iarticle from the library, the librarian places both cards in theprinting machine which automatically prints the date of the loan orreturn upon the record card and simultaneously makes an impression uponthe same record card of the identification number of the borroweroppositethe date of loan or return, both cards being then removed fromthe printing machine, one for the files of the library and the other tobe given to the borrower.

Under th1s system provision is made for 1, 1930. Serial No. 479,122.

The type plates are usually made of metal while the remaining portion ofthe identification card 1s preferably made of tough paper or equivalentmaterial and of about the same size as the record card with sufiicientspace thereon to receive other records if desired, and it is thereforeevident that the metal type plate will outwear the remaining portions ofthe identification card to such an extent as to require more or lessfrequent replacements of the type plate with other cards. I

The present invention is directed more particularly to theidentification card bearing the metal type-plate and to the means forattaching the type-plate to the card in such manner that it will liemainly in the plane of the card so that the latter may be readilyinserted into and removed from the printing machine.

The main. object of the present invention,

therefore, is to construct the type-plate and its card in such mannerthat the former may be easily and quickly removed andreplaced withanother card Without mutilating the latter and at the same timetoautomatically hold the type-plate and card against accidentaldisplacement, one from the other.

One of the specific objects is to provide the type-card with an openingand suitable guides along which latter the type-plate may be adjusted bysliding movement to and from a position across the opening with its typein registration with said opening when adjusted for use, so that whenthe type-card is placed in the printing machine its type may beimpressed upon the other card by the action of the relatively movableplatens of the printing machine.

Other objects and uses relating to the specific parts of the inventionwill be i brought out in the following description,

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front face v1ew of a typecard with the type-plate inoperative position thereon.

Figure 2 is a rear face view of the same card showing the opening andguide slots therethrough, with the plate in operative position.

Figure 3 is a front face view of a portion of the same card with thetype-plate removed.

Figure l is an enlarged sectional view taken in the plane of line l l,Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a perspective View of the card shown in Figure 1, exceptthat it is slightly bent transversely to illustrate'the mode ofinserting and removing the type-plate into and from its guides in thecard.

Figure 6 is an enlarged transverse sectional View taken in the plane ofline 66, Figure 5.

As illustrated, this invention comprises a rectangular card -1- ofcomparatively thin tough paper or equivalent material having arelatively small rectangular opening -2 and guide slots -3- alongopposite sides of the opening 2-.

The opening 2- is formed in the card -1 near one side and substantiallymidway between the ends of the card some distance from the marginaledges thereof, said opening being elongated transversely of the card, asshown more clearly in Figure 3, and of just sufiicient size to permitthe impressions of the type on the type-plate to be made. therethroughupon the record card, not shown.

The guide slots 3 are relatively narrow and are arranged equal distancesfrom and at opposite sides of the lower and upper walls of the opening2, said slots being extended uniform distances beyond the correspondingends of the opening.

The slots -3 are provided at one end with lateral branches -3- extendingtoward each other for receiving portions of a type-plate 4-. r

This type-plate preferably consists of a rectangular piece of relativelythin type metal or equivalent material of about the same length as thelength of the slots -3- and of approximately the width corresponding tothe distance between the slots.

The central portion of the main body of the plate 4 is provided withnegative type 5- embossed therein to face in one direction and adaptedto register with the opening 2 in the card when adjusted for use.

The opposite longitudinal edges of the plate 4 are offset in the samedirection and returned toward each other to form flanges -6 andintervening grooves 7.

The transverse widths of the offset slots 3 correspond approximately tothe transverse widths of the flanges -6 on the plate 4:- to enable theends of the flanges to enter the offset slots 3 and thus permit theentire type-plate to be moved endwise along the guide slots 3 with themain body of the plate closely contiguous one face of the card --1-while the flanges 6 overlap upon the other face of the card for holdingthe plate and card against relative transverse movement.

That is, when. assembling the plate upon a card it may be tilted at anangle to the plane of the card and one end of the flanges 6 insertedthrough the branch slots 3-, whereupon the entire plate may be movedalong the guide slots -3 until the ends of the flanges abut against thecorresponding ends of said slots.

()r, as shown in Figures 5 and 6, the card may be slightly bent to causethe inner walls of the branch slots -3' to be sprung outwardly,whereupon the ends of the flanges 6- may be inserted through the branchslots -3 and then the entire plate moved endwise along the guide slots-3- until the ends of the offset portions of the plate engagecorresponding ends of the slots.

This slight transverse bending of the card is particularly necessarywhen removing the plate from the card in which case the inner walls ofthe offset slots 3- are slightly deflected outwardly, thus permittingthe flanges -6 to pass through the branch slots, whereupon the plate maybe withdrawn endwise from the guide slots 3- and thus detached from thecard l-.

In either method of assembling, however, when the plate is in operativeposition in the slots 3 its ends engage corresponding ends of the slotsto hold said plate and card against accidental detachment, one from theother.

It will also be observed that when the plate is properly positioned onthe card its type -5 will be registered with the opening -2 so that ifanother card, such as a record card, is placed across the embossed faceof the type plate 4 and the two cards then press together, a positiveimpression of the type -5 will be'made upon the record card, theseimpressions being made by the operation of the platens of the printingmachine shown in the pending applications above referred to.

The portions of both faces of the card above and below the type-plateare left blank for the reception of a multiplicity of records such asdates of loan and return of the borrowed article so that the same cardmay serve the triple purpose of printing, identification of the borrowerand receiving the records of dates of loan and return and may beretained by either the librarian or borrower to be used in the printingmachine upon the dates of said loan or return for keeping a record ofthe transactions.

What I claim is 1. A card having an opening therethrough and slots alongopposite sides of the opening, and a type-plate engaged in said slotsand slidable therein to and from a position across said opening.

2. A card having an opening therethrough and slots along opposite sidesof the opening, and a type-plate operatively extended across the openingadjacent one face of the card and having its opposite edges extendedthrough the corresponding slots and overlapping upon the other face ofthe card.

3. A card having an opening therethrough and slots along opposite sidesof the opening, and a type-plate engaged in said slots and slidabletherein to and from a position across said opening, the lengths of theslots being substantially equal to the lengths of the adjacent portionsof the type-plate to cause the ends of the slots to engage the adjacentends of the plate for holding the plate a ainst accidental endwisedisplacement W en adjusted for use.

4. A card having an opening therethrough and slots along opposite sidesof the opening and a type-plate operatively extended across the openingadjacent one face of the card and having its opposite edges extendedthrough the corresponding slots and overlapping upon the other face ofthe card, said slots having offset branches at one end of sufficienttransverse Width to permit said overlapping edges of the type-plate topass endwise therethrough.

5. A card having an opening therethrough and slots along opposite sidesof the opening, and a type-plate extended across said opening at oneside of the cardand its opposite edges extended through thecorresponding slots, and provided with return flanges overlapping'uponthe other face of the card, said slots having branches at one end oflsettoward each other a distance not less than the transverse widths of thecorresponding flanges to allow the latter to pass therethrough.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of August,1930.

GEORGE VAN DUSEN.

